Informal? Hardly. It was used in every medium of expression from parchment to

Nov 28, 2024
10:00:14am

cvd6262 All-American

stonework to stained glass. The chi-rho was literally the "cross" that Constantine saw in vision, causing him to convert to Christianity. The chi as a symbol for Christ is older than the -mass suffix on the holiday.

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cvd6262

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I hope “Xgiving” doesn’t become a thing.

Future_Tacos

9:30am

Is it an actual thing? I saw it in the a post just below this and it sounded

Polecat

9:37am

I think it’s a marketing move started by Elon Musk. Either way, I hate it.

DieHarder

9:38am

Oh dang. Yeah it’s dumb

Polecat

9:43am

I guess it doesn't really matter as long as you don't.

ochobeeguy

9:37am

The word “giving” is still right there. What’s the problem?

Nikomedes

9:42am

You're taking the thanks away though. Thanksgiving is the giving of thanks or gratitude is it not? Xgiving doesn't..

greatbam

10:29am

Giving implies giving thanks. Plus charity, which is the love of all men. The

Nikomedes

10:33am

Is "you're welcome" superfluous to you? Seems to me that thanks and giving is an exchange similar to regular..

greatbam

11:15am

Just don’t give them your thanks when they come to try and confiscate it. It’s

Polecat

10:57am

Good point. From now on I’m calling it XXing.

Scratch

11:42am

Disagree

Deleted

9:44am

You’re deleted. So who cares?

Future_Tacos

9:46am

Xmas isn’t removing Christ from Christmas, though.

bluesloth

9:47am

Xmas isn't removing Christ. X literally means Christ in Greek and that's where

Schultz is back

9:48am

Yes. But it’s informal, and was adopted to save space on parchment paper

Future_Tacos

9:56am

Informal? Hardly. It was used in every medium of expression from parchment to

cvd6262

10:00am

Yeah, and the Swastika meant “good fortune” before the Nazis used it

Future_Tacos

10:16am

We don’t even live in a society where “they” can take something out of our

Polecat

10:55am

Stop letting evil take over meanings. In some cultures they still use the

Schultz is back

12:14pm

The battle to save the Swastika for decent people was lost like 90 years ago

spinner

12:41pm

Depends on where you live. Japan still uses the similar looking symbol.

Schultz is back

2:17pm

Sure, I’ve seen the same in Taoist temples in China. But not in our culture.

spinner

2:46pm

More like calling it Cmas.

touchdownbyu

10:00am

Just give Thanks! Keep it in there. What’s next? X New Year? X Musk?

BYU I Bleed Blue

9:58am

I agree. I’ve heard several people in recent years even take to saying things like Merry Jesus Christ-mas to put Jesus

scootsy

10:11am

How about ThanksX

maxpowers

10:23am

Next thing you know, they’re going to stop calling it Independence Day, and just refer to the date instead

spinner

10:24am

Just like how the wokes were gonna keep BYU out of the power conferences

Polecat

11:10am

It won't if everyone here doesn't let it happen. Say "Merry Christmas" not happy

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